British Cellophane

Loved British Cellophane... After getting through 2 rounds of fencing with coiled razor wire in between and then having a close shave with security , although we hid and he didn't see us the rest of the day went without hitch.
It poured most of the day if i remember right, Hpipe and i did most of the main buildings although some of the outer building we didn't get to as we ran out of time and it was one of those that is being demolished now so i think we missed our chance....

The site was constructed in 1937 and closed in 2004... some history here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Cellophane

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Kwik Save, 103 - 111 Northgate Street, Gloucester

Bit of an odd one this, another day of just sort of having a look about at what's local.

So its Saturday lunchtime centre of Gloucester and we happen on a way into the old Kwiksave building. This used to be a couple of V ictorian Houses, as we found the cellars from the houses still under the concrete floor of Kwiksave. I believe that the site has been a garage and goes back to being a tanery in Victorian times...

Due for demolition to make way for flats, still standing currently..

Baylis Haines and Strange - Cheltenham

This is another one of those opportunistic explores done one late afternoon on a very local site when someone had put a window through (not us). It used to be a Vauxhall dealers calles Baylis Haines and Strange but had closed down when they relocated. Nothing jaw droppingly amazing but worth a picture or two. Its scheduled for demolition soon and as i write a year and a half later,this has still not been done and it remains as it was then. I seem to remember when we went to leave that some sod in a car had pulled across in front of our "out"  windows and we had to sit and wait for him to leave for nearly 45 mins....

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Foster's Brothers Oil and Cake Mill

To Write....
Gloucester

Edison Swan Cable Works

Edison Swan Cable Works... to be written

Cwm Coke Works

Cwm Coke works........ to be written

Coleshill School for Boys

Popped over one afternoon, made for some  evening exploring. Place had a weird feeling about it but

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Ballingham Tunnel

This was one of those trips that we weren't exactly sure where we were going and what we would find.

Ballingham Tunnel is a 1208 yard monster which sits in the Wye valley, opening in 1855 as part of the Gloucester to Hereford line. To the South sits Ballingham Station which is now a private residence and parts of Fawley Viaduct remain over the river beyond...
Its a wet underfoot trip form one end to the other but the tunnel is in amazing condition given no one has touched it since 1964...
Few Pictures

This is the track bed as you head towards the Southern Portal

Southern Portal..